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Diddy breaks cover: Embattled rapper is seen for the first time since sex trafficking raids on his mansions and flashes peace sign as he leaves Miami home with his two beaming daughters The 54-year-old flashed a peace sign and sported a track suit as he exited Top Golf with daughters Jessie and D'Lila, 17, after playing for two hours. The seemingly relaxed outing comes just days after Diddy's mansions in Los Angeles and Miami were raided on Monday as part of a sex-trafficking investigation. On the same day, the rapper's alleged drug mule, Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested by Miami-Dade Police and Homeland Security agents at Opa-Locka Executive Airport. Paul, who played two years on the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, is charged with felony cocaine possession and marijuana possession. He is being held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on two $2,500 bonds. The former athlete was referred to as Diddy's 'drug mule' in a $30million lawsuit Rodney 'Lil Rod' Jones filed against Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs. The complaint, one of five against Cobs since November, alleged he was involved in 'acquir[ing] and distribut[ing] Mr Combs drugs and guns'. Whether Paul's arrest was connected to allegations in the lawsuit, or to the raids on Diddy's properties, was not confirmed. Jones claimed in the lawsuit that he 'personally witnessed' Paul 'acquire and distribute' drugs to Combs and his entourage, and transport or intend to transport drugs in baggage on flights. He wrote the flights were between Los Angeles, Miami, Virginia, the Caribbean, and London three times in December 2022, April 2023 and November 2023. Combs’ lawyer said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper’s properties by federal authorities were 'a gross use of military-level force' and that Combs is 'innocent and will continue to fight' to clear his name. Combs’ sons, Justin and Christian 'King' Combs, were handcuffed during the raid at their father’s residence in Los Angeles. King, 25, is a musician whose song 'Can’t Stop Won’t Stop' with Kodak Black topped Billboard’s Mainstream R&B Hip-Hop charts in 2022. Along with a heavy presence of officers, command trucks were parked outside both properties. The criminal investigation is a major escalation in the scrutiny of Combs, who has been the defendant in several sexual abuse lawsuits in recent months. In a lawsuit Combs settled the day after it was filed in November, his former protégé and girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, sued him alleging years of sexual abuse, including rape. The lawsuit said he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them. In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them. Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17. Combs and his attorneys have denied all of the lawsuits’ allegations.

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Diddy breaks cover:
Embattled rapper is seen for the first time since sex trafficking raids on his mansions and flashes peace sign as he leaves Miami home with his two beaming daughters

The 54-year-old flashed a peace sign and sported a track suit as he exited Top Golf with daughters Jessie and D’Lila, 17, after playing for two hours.

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TIFFANY HADDISH RESPONDS TO KATT'S CRITICISM ANEW ... Rattles Off Career Resume Tiffany Haddish is the latest star to respond to Katt Williams' shots at his contemporaries -- this after he tried to downplay her comedy career ... with her pulling out her resume. The comic/actress was performing at the Dania Improv in Florida earlier this week, when she appeared to address Katt's fresh round of hate aimed at her, Kevin Hart and many, many others in the game ... and she clarified a claim he made about her to Shannon Sharpe. Long story short ... Katt said that a recent doc made about the famous Comedy Store club in L.A. had suggested that several Black comedians -- including Tiff -- had performed there over the years, but KW insisted that simply wasn't true and that she'd never gotten onstage there. Welp, Tiffany had something to say about that during her Thursday set ... when she rattled off a lot of shows and movies she'd been in, and how long she's been honing her craft. Eventually, she tackles his allegation that she'd never open mic'd at the Comedy Store -- at least not while coming up, anyway -- and TH refuted that ... saying she had, but just on the "white nights." The flip side ... Tiff says she definitely performed on all the "Black nights." Mind you, Tiffany had already fired away in the comment section of a clip of Katt's interview where she got mentioned ... and there too she suggested KW didn't have his facts straight. It's also worth mentioning ... Katt's been feuding with Tiff (and her protege, Kevin Hart) for years now -- and he infamously trash-talked her and her comedy chops on a radio show. Looks like TH's standing on business, not to mention standing by her work ... 10 toes down.

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RESPONDS TO KATT’S CRITICISM ANEW …
Rattles Off Career Resume

Tiffany Haddish is the latest star to respond to Katt Williams’ shots at his contemporaries — this after he tried to downplay her comedy career … with her pulling out her resume.
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Sarah Ferguson Shares Heartwarming Update on Queen Elizabeth II's Corgis One Year After Her Death Queen Elizabeth II's corgis are "thriving" one year after the death of their beloved owner. Sarah Ferguson, who has been caring for Muick and Sandy along with her ex-husband-turned-roommate and the late monarch's son, Prince Andrew, has offered an update on the dogs on the first anniversary of the queen's passing at age 96. "As we mourn a year on, we also celebrate the wonderful times we shared with Her Late Majesty the Queen," the Duchess of York said on Instagram, alongside a photo of herself cuddling the corgis in a yard. "She entrusted me with the care of her corgis Sandy and Muick and I am delighted to say they are thriving." Andrew had originally gifted Muick and Sandy to his mother, who owned several dogs throughout her life. Following the Queen's death at age 96 in September 2022, the Pembroke Welsh corgis were shown awaiting the arrival of her coffin at Windsor Castle during her state funeral. Sarah has since posted on Instagram a few updates about the dogs, who live with her, Andrew and their Norfolk terriers at Royal Lodge in Windsor. "I think they are exceptional and they're just very funny," the duchess told E! News about Muick and Sandy this past March. "I think, I'm sure, when they're chasing the air, I think they're looking at her. That's what I like to think. The squirrels are not in sight but they're still barking at something, so I think it might be her."

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Sarah Ferguson Shares Heartwarming Update on Queen Elizabeth II’s Corgis One Year After Her Death

Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis are “thriving” one year after the death of their beloved owner.
Sarah Ferguson, who has been caring for Muick and Sandy along with her ex-husband-turned-roommate and the late monarch’s son, Prince Andrew, has offe…Read More

Gloomy outlook for SA after economy contracts by more than expected in third quarter. South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2% on a quarter-on-quarter and seasonally adjusted basis in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. This signals that the economy may be falling into a recession. The 0.2% quarterly contraction in Q3 follows tepid growth of 0.5% in Q2, a downward revision from the initial estimate of 0.6%. On an unadjusted annual basis, gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.7%. A Reuters poll had forecast smaller declines of 0.1% quarter-on-quarter and 0.2% year on year. The rand responded by falling in the space of an hour to 18.80/dlr from 18.75/dlr when the data were released. Agriculture, construction, mining and manufacturing had the biggest falls in output — a worrying trend as these are labour-intensive sectors in an economy with an unemployment rate of over 30%. “The agriculture industry declined by 9.6%, driven lower mainly by field crops, animal products and horticulture products. The industry encountered several headwinds in the third quarter, including the outbreak of avian flu and the floods in Western Cape,” Stats SA said. Manufacturing output declined by 1.3%, while mining production fell by 1.1%, extending a long-term downward trajectory in the latter sector. The reasons for South Africa’s low-growth — and now contracting — economic profile are well known. They include the crippling power shortages which have been exacerbated by Transnet’s mounting woes, as well as high interest rates. A recent report by the Growth Lab at Harvard University highlighted collapsing state capacity, spurred by political patronage and cadre deployment, and persistent “spatial exclusion” as key constraints to economic growth in South Africa. Crime and corruption are taking a grim economic toll. Crime costs South Africa’s economy the equivalent of about 10% of its GDP each year, according to a recent World Bank report. The bottom line is that South Africa’s economy is in deep trouble and may be falling into a recession, which is defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. The signals so far in the final quarter of 2023 certainly point to another contraction. Rotational power cuts have surged again and Eskom has warned that there will be more rolling blackouts during December and January. Meanwhile, Transnet’s woes have spiralled from bad to worse, with mounting backlogs at the ports, which hamper exporters while preventing retailers from stocking up for the Christmas season. This is all a drain on confidence. The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index lost further ground in deeply negative territory in Q4, led by a startling slide in the sentiment of new vehicle dealers. The Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) — a key barometer of the health of the manufacturing sector — crept up in November but remains below the neutral 50 mark, indicating that activity remains subdued. Still, there are hopes that if South Africa’s economy is indeed in a recession, it will slowly grow out of it next year. “Going forward, economic growth is expected to accelerate next year from this year’s low base. This is largely a function of load shedding easing somewhat as the power crisis comes under control… Any softness in global growth next year, however, may put a dampener on temporary respite in South Africa,” Reza Hendrickse, portfolio manager at PPS Investments, said in a commentary on the data. DM

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Gloomy outlook for SA after economy contracts by more than expected in third quarter.

South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2% on a quarter-on-quarter and seasonally adjusted basis in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. This signals that the economy may be falling into a recession.
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Bitcoin at $100,000? There have already been some bold calls for bitcoin in 2024. It began with Standard Chartered last week which reiterated an April price call that bitcoin would hit $100,000 by end of 2024. The bank said this will be driven by the approvals of numerous ETFs. That would mean a roughly 160% rally from Friday’s price of around $38,413, according to CoinDesk data. Matrixport, which bills itself as a crypto financial services firm, released a note last week projecting bitcoin would reach $63,140 by April 2024 and $125,000 by the end of next year. “Based on our inflation model, the macro environment is expected to remain a robust tailwind for crypto. Another decline in inflation is anticipated, prompting the Federal Reserve to likely initiate interest rate cuts,” Matrixport said in its report. “Combined with geopolitical crosscurrents, this healthy dose of monetary support should push Bitcoin to new highs in 2024.”

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:20:50 +0000

Bitcoin at $100,000?

There have already been some bold calls for bitcoin in 2024.

It began with Standard Chartered last week which reiterated an April price call that bitcoin would hit $100,000 by end of 2024. The bank said this will be driven by the approvals of numerous ETFs.

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Amber Rose claims Kanye West was 'telling the truth' with infamous VMAs rant at Taylor Swift Amber Rose has claimed Kanye West was "telling the truth" when he crashed Taylor Swift's big win at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 40-year-old star - who was in a relationship with the 'Gold Digger' rapper at the time - has reflected on the infamous moment he crashed Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs after she won the best female video prize for 'You Belong With Me'. West jumped on stage and took the microphone from her, before saying: "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'mma let you finish. "But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all-time! One of the best videos of all-time." Recalling the controversial moment, Rose told Entertainment Tonight: "I don't want to say the wrong thing because I love Taylor Swift, she's amazing. "Was he wrong for going on stage? Absolutely. Was he telling the truth? He was telling the truth - Beyoncé deserved that award but you can't take it from somebody else. "It wasn't Taylor Swift's fault." Rose was in shock as VMA staff pulled him aside, and she insisted West was "very remorseful" for his actions. "He instantly felt bad because it wasn't about Taylor at all, it wasn't like I think the media made it seem - like he was picking on her and stuff. He wasn't, he was just standing up for Beyoncé." And she claimed the whole thing was an "unfortunate situation", pointing to the huge love for Beyoncé's hit 'Single Ladies' at the time. She said: "It was 'Single Ladies.' I mean, everyone around the world [was] doing that dance from the video and it was just an unfortunate situation." However, Rose noted she wasn't excusing West’s actions, and her ex is said to have struggled with the aftermath. She explained: "{Kanye] obviously felt bad he took her moment. He didn't want to do that to her."

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:37:47 +0000

Amber Rose claims Kanye West was ‘telling the truth’ with infamous VMAs rant at Taylor Swift

Amber Rose has claimed Kanye West was “telling the truth” when he crashed Taylor Swift’s big win at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The 40-year-old star – who was in a relationship with the ‘Gold Digger’ rapper at the time – has reflected on the inf…Read More

7 Ways to Retain More of Every Book You Read There are many benefits to reading more books, but perhaps my favorite is this: A good book can give you a new way to interpret your past experiences. Whenever you learn a new mental model or idea, it’s like the “software” in your brain gets updated. Suddenly, you can run all of your old data points through a new program. You can learn new lessons from old moments. As Patrick O’Shaughnessy says, “Reading changes the past.” Of course, this is only true if you internalize and remember insights from the books you read. Knowledge will only compound if it is retained. In other words, what matters is not simply reading more books, but getting more out of each book you read. Gaining knowledge is not the only reason to read, of course. Reading for pleasure or entertainment can be a wonderful use of time, but this article is about reading to learn. With that in mind, I’d like to share some of the best reading comprehension strategies I’ve found. 1. Quit More Books It doesn’t take long to figure out if something is worth reading. Skilled writing and high-quality ideas stick out. As a result, most people should probably start more books than they do. This doesn’t mean you need to read each book page-by-page. You can skim the table of contents, chapter titles, and subheadings. Pick an interesting section and dive in for a few pages. Maybe flip through the book and glance at any bolded points or tables. In ten minutes, you’ll have a reasonable idea of how good it is. Then comes the crucial step: Quit books quickly and without guilt or shame. Life is too short to waste it on average books. The opportunity cost is too high. There are so many amazing things to read. I think Patrick Collison, the founder of Stripe, put it nicely when he said, “Life is too short to not read the very best book you know of right now.” Here’s my recommendation: Start more books. Quit most of them. Read the great ones twice. 2. Choose Books You Can Use Instantly One way to improve reading comprehension is to choose books you can immediately apply. Putting the ideas you read into action is one of the best ways to secure them in your mind. Practice is a very effective form of learning. Choosing a book that you can use also provides a strong incentive to pay attention and remember the material. That’s particularly true when something important hangs in the balance. If you’re starting a business, for example, then you have a lot of motivation to get everything you can out of the sales book you’re reading. Similarly, someone who works in biology might read The Origin of Species more carefully than a random reader because it connects directly to their daily work. Of course, not every book is a practical, how-to guide that you can apply immediately, and that’s fine. You can find wisdom in many different books. But I do find that I’m more likely to remember books that are relevant to my daily life. 3. Create Searchable Notes Keep notes on what you read. You can do this however you like. It doesn’t need to be a big production or a complicated system. Just do something to emphasize the important points and passages. I do this in different ways depending on the format I’m consuming. I highlight passages when reading on Kindle. I type out interesting quotes as I listen to audiobooks. I dog-ear pages and transcribe notes when reading a print book. But here’s the real key: store your notes in a searchable format. There is no need to leave the task of reading comprehension solely up to your memory. I keep my notes in Evernote. I prefer Evernote over other options because 1) it is instantly searchable, 2) it is easy to use across multiple devices, and 3) you can create and save notes even when you’re not connected to the internet. I get my notes into Evernote in three ways: I. Audiobook: I create a new Evernote file for each book and then type my notes directly into that file as I listen. II. Ebook: I highlight passages on my Kindle Paperwhite and use a program called Clippings to export all of my Kindle highlights directly into Evernote. Then, I add a summary of the book and any additional thoughts before posting it to my book summaries page. III. Print: Similar to my audiobook strategy, I type my notes as I read. If I come across a longer passage I want to transcribe, I place the book on a book stand as I type. (Typing notes while reading a print book can be annoying because you are always putting the book down and picking it back up, but this is the best solution I’ve found.) Of course, your notes don’t have to be digital to be “searchable.” For example, you can use Post-It Notes to tag certain pages for future reference. As another option, Ryan Holiday suggests storing each note on an index card and categorizing them by the topic or book. The core idea is the same: Keeping searchable notes is essential for returning to ideas easily. An idea is only useful if you can find it when you need it. 4. Combine Knowledge Trees One way to imagine a book is like a knowledge tree with a few fundamental concepts forming the trunk and the details forming the branches. You can learn more and improve reading comprehension by “linking branches” and integrating your current book with other knowledge trees. For example: * While reading The Tell-Tale Brain by neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran, I discovered that one of his key points connected to a previous idea I learned from social work researcher Brené Brown. * In my notes for The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck, I noted how Mark Manson’s idea of “killing yourself” overlaps with Paul Graham’s essay on keeping your identity small. As I read Mastery by George Leonard, I realized that while this book was about the process of improvement, it also shed some light on the connection between genetics and performance. I added each insight to my notes for that particular book. Connections like these help you remember what you read by “hooking” new information onto concepts and ideas you already understand. As Charlie Munger says, “If you get into the mental habit of relating what you’re reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.” When you read something that reminds you of another topic or immediately sparks a connection or idea, don’t allow that thought to come and go without notice. Write about what you’ve learned and how it connects to other ideas. 5. Write a Short Summary As soon as I finish a book, I challenge myself to summarize the entire text in just three sentences. This constraint is just a game, of course, but it forces me to consider what was really important about the book. Some questions I consider when summarizing a book include: * What are the main ideas? * If I implemented one idea from this book right now, which one would it be? * How would I describe the book to a friend? In many cases, I find that I can usually get just as much useful information from reading my one-paragraph summary and reviewing my notes as I would if I read the entire book again. If you feel like you can’t squeeze the whole book into three sentences, consider using the Feynman Technique. The Feynman Technique is a note-taking strategy named after the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. It’s pretty simple: Write the name of the book at the top of a blank sheet of paper, then write down how you’d explain the book to someone who had never heard of it. If you find yourself stuck or if you see that there are holes in your understanding, review your notes or go back to the text and try again. Keep writing it out until you have a good handle on the main ideas and feel confident in your explanation. I’ve found that almost nothing reveals gaps in my thinking better than writing about an idea as if I am explaining it to a beginner. Ben Carlson, a financial analyst, says something similar, “I find the best way to figure out what I’ve learned from a book is to write something about it.” 6. Surround the Topic I often think of the quote by Thomas Aquinas, “Beware the man of a single book.” If you only read one book on a topic and use that as the basis for your beliefs for an entire category of life, well, how sound are those beliefs? How accurate and complete is your knowledge? Reading a book takes effort, but too often, people use one book or one article as the basis for an entire belief system. This is even more true (and more difficult to overcome) when it comes to using our one, individual experience as the basis for our beliefs. As Morgan Housel noted, “Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works. We’re all biased to our own personal history.” One way to attack this problem is to read a variety of books on the same topic. Dig in from different angles, look at the same problem through the eyes of various authors, and try to transcend the boundary of your own experience. 7. Read It Twice I’d like to finish by returning to an idea I mentioned near the beginning of this article: read the great books twice. The philosopher Karl Popper explained the benefits nicely, “Anything worth reading is not only worth reading twice, but worth reading again and again. If a book is worthwhile, then you will always be able to make new discoveries in it and find things in it that you didn’t notice before, even though you have read it many times.” Additionally, revisiting great books is helpful because the problems you deal with change over time. Sure, when you read a book twice maybe you’ll catch some stuff you missed the first time around, but it’s more likely that new passages and ideas will be relevant to you. It’s only natural for different sentences to leap out at you depending on the point you are at in life. You read the same book, but you never read it the same way. As Charles Chu noted, “I always return home to the same few authors. And, no matter how many times I return, I always find they have something new to say.” Of course, even if you didn’t get something new out of each reading, it would still be worthwhile to revisit great books because ideas need to be repeated to be remembered. The writer David Cain says, “When we only learn something once, we don’t really learn it—at least not well enough for it to change us much. It may inspire momentarily, but then becomes quickly overrun by the decades of habits and conditioning that preceded it.” Returning to great ideas cements them in your mind. Nassim Taleb sums things up with a rule for all readers: “A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn’t worth reading.”

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:33:24 +0000

7 Ways to Retain More of Every Book You Read

There are many benefits to reading more books, but perhaps my favorite is this: A good book can give you a new way to interpret your past experiences.
Whenever you learn a new mental model or idea, it’s like the “software” in your brain gets updated. Suddenly, you can run all of your old data points…Read More

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How long does the average relationship last? The duration of the relationship varies from person to person and their individual involvement and interest in the person they are committed to in a relationship with. Besides, it also depends on how the couple nurtures their relationship. Whether you blame it on the technology or the experimental age of 20s, according to the survey, an average relationship only lasts 2 years 9 months approximately. The reason is basically the attention span which is way less than it was earlier. It might be time to acknowledge that you may be doing something wrong when your relationships fail. Take a look at your own behavior to determine what changes you can make.

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How long does the average relationship last?

The duration of the relationship varies from person to person and their individual involvement and interest in the person they are committed to in a relationship with. Besides, it also depends on how the couple nurtures their relationship.
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You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? That is your common sense leaving your body. 😂😂

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You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? That is your common sense leaving your body. 😂😂

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